That's some very good points. I must say the only place I have been taunted for being white is the USA. I don't see a lot of racist activity in Sydney, but if you do, it generally comes from the Islamic community.

Tainted for being white? Really not the wider problem I was thinking of.

They are both fun places. It all depends on what you enjoy. If you like easy access to quality beaches, scuba diving and national parks then Sydney is much better. Sydney is also safer and with a much better environment.

If you want hustle and bustle New York has a lot of that. A real lot of that. Your accent will get you a lot of quality “attention” with the locals too.

Both Australians and Americans are friendly.

On racism, regional Australia and regional US can both be appalling. I’ve seen and heard disgraceful things in both countries.

Complete and abject nonsense. Which country has regular 'race riots' and the Black Lives Matter movement because the cops kills so many black people? Australia is the most successful multicultural society in the world and I have lived in the UK and spent 6 months travelling the USA (1998) so I do have some insight. Of course there are some 'racists' here but there is the USA as well. I work with people from all over the world and they all so they have felt nothing but welcome in Australia, I loathe this Australia is racist nonsense.

There is less racism than existed in the past for sure, but that's coming from a very high bar. One factor that prohibits a lot is what some call PC. It is really not tolerated in most work places, but while diminished it is certainly out there. Saying that some people of colour appear to be targeted more than others, whom claim none at all. Discussing this with an Aussie friend, a few months ago, he still thinks there is plenty, living in a rather diverse multi cultural suburb, where as where I live in inner city there is none that I have witnessed. At least in recent dozen years. Never experienced it being expressed by others within the work force, but my area would more likely not have been a place racists would have felt particularly confident to express their abhorrent views.

But saying that one colleague's partner of Sri Lankan background, without fluent English, experienced 'heavy' racism when working at a meat works, south of Perth.

Hence wrong to say it isn't there and probably dangerous to think it has gone away for ever. It would not take too much in the present climate for a party to make an election issue. In that case giving a degree of fertilisation, some may be very surprised at both whom along with the number that come out of the woodwork.